GOLF’S LATEST FEMALE phenom has no interest in teeing it up with the guys.

Being able to play full-time on the LPGA Tour is challenge enough for Lexi Thompson.

Two days after becoming the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour, the 16-year-old said she plans to petition for an exemption to the tour’s 18-year-old age requirement.

That comes as no surprise to LPGA commissioner Mike Whan, who said he will consider any petition from Thompson when he returns from the Solheim Cup, which begins Friday in Ireland.

“I’m not going to be playing on the men’s tour,” Thompson said Tuesday when asked if she’d consider playing any PGA Tour events, as Michelle Wie did before she joined the LPGA Tour full-time. “I really just want to focus on women’s golf. They’re so good out here. You have to shoot 20 under every week to win.”

Or close to it. Thompson shot 17 under to win the Navistar LPGA Classic last weekend, making her the tour’s youngest champion by more than two years.

In the 15 months since she turned professional, Thompson has played 14 events, had three top-10 finishes and earned more than $500,000. She also is the youngest player to qualify for the US Open, as a 12-year-old in 2007.

“I think they should give her full (membership),” seven-time major champion Juli Inkster said after Thompson’s victory. “It’s kind of silly, isn’t it? I think it makes us (the LPGA) look bad, too. Now, you have to go to qualifying school? To me, that’s silly.”

The LPGA Tour’s age limit is designed to protect players — both emotionally and developmentally. Golf isn’t gymnastics or figure skating, where turning 21 gets you an AARP card. With most female players playing their best golf in their 20s and 30s, there’s no sense in a teenager rushing to get onto the tour — especially if it might come at the expense of other parts of her life.

But Whan recognises there are exceptions.

“I look forward to reading (Thompson’s) petition and we’ll figure it out from there,” Whan said. “But it’s obviously an incredible win. … Lexi shows us that 16 years of age isn’t just the time to get your driver’s license.”

The LPGA already has shown a willingness to make allowances for Thompson, whose parents have carefully managed her development on and off the course.

And while she said winning her first LPGA Tour event was “way more exciting” than getting her driver’s license earlier this year, she needed a second or two to think it over.

“I have the same lifestyle as a lot of high schoolers — playing sports, just working hard,” Thompson said. “I have sacrificed a lot for this game but this is what I love.”